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Debris company: EPIC

What form is Brechtian theatre likely to take in the present day? The extraordinary project by the Debris Company entitled EPIC takes inspiration from Bertolt Brecht’s premises in order to set out for a journey rather unusual with respect to their prior production, into the unexplored theatrical terrain where contemporary dance blends with a modern understanding of opera, kitsch entertainment, and new technologies in a merciless mix with movies of the 1920s – 1930s.

They proceed by exploring and testing new theatre techniques, technologies and their dramaturgy is becoming increasingly more specific. Again, similarly to the production of Mono, they are interested in contemporary individualised "capitalist" society.




Director and conception: Jozef Vlk
Cast: Juraj Hrčka, Daniel Raček, Nikoleta Rafaelisová, Stanislava Vlčeková
Choreography: Stanislava Vlčeková
Songs: Peter Lomnický
Dramaturgy: Jozef Vlk, Martina Vannayová, Tom Ciller 
Words: Peter Lomnický, Jozef Vlk, Tom Ciller
Stage design: Tom Ciller
Costumes: Katarína Holková
Animation: Martin Piterka, Alex Zelina
Music: Jozef Vlk 
Musicians: Roman Harvan, David Kollar, DadaLb, Petra Humeňanská, Jozef Vlk
Light: Jozef Vlk, Martin Piterka, Martin Polák
Thanks: B. Brecht, T. Waits, Ch. Yves, The Doors
Produkcia: Martina Širáňová

 

Epic is both an allusion to Brecht and a Brechtian comment on Brecht which goes beyond him. Similarly to Brecht’s work, it does not lack humour and sharp criticism of the society and nameless or renamed individuals. The songs' music and texts juggle with the Brechtian legacy, relatively little known in Slovakia. From the point of view of the physical – it again blends contemporary and classical movement and also quotes silent movie pantomime. Opera arias interspersed with musical quotations of The Doors band and Brecht’s court composer Kurt Weill, Irish proletarian folklore or other references.

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Date & time: 5 December 2018 at 19:00
Place: Divadlo Štúdio tanca, Banská Bystrica 

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Supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council.

Date: 05.12.2018

Time: 19:00

Place: Divadlo Štúdio tanca

City: Banská Bystrica